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NBA Player Props Tonight For Knicks Vs Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo Leads +475 SGP (March 28)

The Milwaukee Bucks have reached a pivotal portion of their season, vying for playoff positioning with just 2.5 games separating them from the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference.

It appears they'll have their star ready to go here, too, after Giannis Antetokounmpo was upgraded to questionable following his absence last game -- and he could be in for a big night on the boards against the New York Knicks.

Let's build a same-game parlay for Knicks vs Bucks on Friday, March 28 and lay out a few props that will work well as standalone straight bets as well.

NBA Parlay Predictions for Knicks vs Bucks

DraftKings NBA Odds for Knicks vs Bucks SGP: +475

Giannis Antetokounmpo 13+ Rebounds

Mikal Bridges 20+ Points

Tyler Kolek 7+ Assists

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Giannis Antetokounmpo 13+ Rebounds

We'll begin with what's probably the longest shot in this parlay, but one I feel good about nonetheless, which is a bet on Giannis Antetokounmpo's rebounds.

While it would seem paying up to get this number down to 12 is a good idea, considering he's notched exactly 12 in three of his last 12 games an has averaged 11.8 over that span, we've seen him either struggle to get to that magic number altogether or far exceed it with three 15-rebound performances over that span.

The truth is, the Bucks are one of the worst rebounding teams in the league at the moment, but in the last two weeks the Knicks haven't been a ton better and rank just outside the bottom 10 in the league.

As their offense suffers without Jalen Brunson and their defense improves by nature of his absence, there have been plenty of missed shots coming from this team -- and over the last two weeks they've allowed the seventh-most boards per 100 possessions.

Mikal Bridges 20+ Points

The key to the Knicks' offense these days is getting Mikal Bridges into a shooting rhythm, and Friday's game should be no different. The wing is something of a mid-range maestro, taking 40% of his shots in the zone, and this is where the Bucks have particularly struggled in the last two weeks defensively.

Milwaukee has allowed the most mid-range attempts on average over that same span, ranking 28th against the short mid-range and 25th on jumpers just inside the arc, so Bridges should find a defense that's more than happy to let him shoot these inefficient shots in hopes of powering New York's scoring.

Bridges' usage has been higher on the whole without Brunson, and in the last eight games he's put up 15.4 shots per game to average just under 22 points, but in the last three games he's averaged 16.7 attempts and only failed to hit this mark once over those games which was last time out against a great mid-range defense in the LA Clippers.

Tyler Kolek 7+ Assists

The final piece of the puzzle here will be a man who was playing down in the G-League for most of the year, but has suddenly been called into action with injuries mounting in the Knicks' backcourt.

Miles McBride is set to miss yet another game, meaning we can expect a good deal of run from young Tyler Kolek off the bench.

Kolek has made the most of his playing time, notching seven or more assists in three games without McBride despite seeing just 19 minutes. Milwaukee's defense has been merely average of late, and in the last two weeks has allowed the most assists per 100 possessions in the league with its issues lying inside the arc.

This should be a recipe for plenty more assists from Kolek, who will operate as the point guard for a team which has taken the second-most shots at the rim in the last 14 days and will continue forcing the issue inside the arc.

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